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Gin&Juice said:
The evolution of Archer Road Sainsburys

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Walked past it being built on my way to and from school everyday. Hard to think it’s 40 years old. Memory’s a bit sketchy but wasn’t it built on an old brick yard? I have this idea that it was the place that made those odd bricks/blocks you see in houses of 50s/60s vintage around the Peak District that were 6 bits of limestone embeded in concrete. I’m pretty certain the wall that surrounded it was made of them, before Sainsbury’s got rid of it.

Irrelevant really but it’s stuck in my head and these photos nudged it to the surface.
 
VM198 said:
I came across this photo, labeled 'London Rd' and dated,1950's and have no recollection of it.
To be fair to myself London Rd I was not a frequenter of, only for visitations to Hagan&Brook sports outfitters.
Looks bomb damaged or a temporary building to me and if so must be near Moorfoot.
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Off on a tangent, but selling fish, game and poultry always seems like an odd combination to me, yet it seems that back in the day it was a common thing.
 
stringjunior said:
Off on a tangent, but selling fish, game and poultry always seems like an odd combination to me, yet it seems that back in the day it was a common thing.
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It was in the 70s, there were 2 local to us. One on Abbeydale Road South at the bottom of Springfield Road and one on Ecclesall Road South opposite Ecclesall Church.
 
Wapping Blade said:
It was in the 70s, there were 2 local to us. One on Abbeydale Road South at the bottom of Springfield Road and one on Ecclesall Road South opposite Ecclesall Church.
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But surely there were butchers and fishmongers so odd they'd be combined.

Mrs SJ won't eat fish, mainly because she has vivid memories of being left outside exactly one of these shops in her pram with the overwhelming smell of old fish washing over her, and rabbits hanging outside (which she also won't eat) 😆
 
VM198 said:
I came across this photo, labeled 'London Rd' and dated,1950's and have no recollection of it.
To be fair to myself London Rd I was not a frequenter of, only for visitations to Hagan&Brook sports outfitters.
Looks bomb damaged or a temporary building to me and if so must be near Moorfoot.
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Here's it from another angle, it was opposite the junction with cemetery road
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stringjunior said:
Off on a tangent, but selling fish, game and poultry always seems like an odd combination to me, yet it seems that back in the day it was a common thing.
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Being older, to me it don't.
Being born in the war(ww2)there must have been lots of relaxation of the few laws that applied in 1939.
e.g. local butcher sold greengroceries as well as his meat and that's all I knew whilst growing up. Then some time early 50's he was stopped selling ggries as deemed unhygienic, but the are in the same buildings at present.
 
jim2007 said:
Walked past it being built on my way to and from school everyday. Hard to think it’s 40 years old. Memory’s a bit sketchy but wasn’t it built on an old brick yard? I have this idea that it was the place that made those odd bricks/blocks you see in houses of 50s/60s vintage around the Peak District that were 6 bits of limestone embeded in concrete. I’m pretty certain the wall that surrounded it was made of them, before Sainsbury’s got rid of it.

Irrelevant really but it’s stuck in my head and these photos nudged it to the surface.
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Davey or Davy blocks, I think. I once met the elderly Mr Davy (or Davey) who ‘invented’ the block and was very wealthy. After he’d gone, I was told he was a member of the Peak Park Planning Board and had benefited a lot from Davy blocks being permissible for use in the Peak Park. I think they were cheap as Derbyshire Council used them for a lot of the council houses.
 
Tickhill Blade said:
Here's it from another angle, it was opposite the junction with cemetery road
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Thank you, more or less where the 'Hermitage' was built mid 60's.
The building on the right of your photo has bad recollections for me and still stand to this day.
Oh! and mum 'slow down, I'm having to run'.
Din't you hate that when your legs were much shorter than your parents.
Thanks again. :)
 
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BushBlade said:
Davey or Davy blocks, I think. I once met the elderly Mr Davy (or Davey) who ‘invented’ the block and was very wealthy. After he’d gone, I was told he was a member of the Peak Park Planning Board and had benefited a lot from Davy blocks being permissible for use in the Peak Park. I think they were cheap as Derbyshire Council used them for a lot of the council houses.
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Lived not too far away as a kid, I remember that site as Pickford Hollands who I think made refractory bricks for industrial furnaces.
 
BushBlade said:
Davey or Davy blocks, I think. I once met the elderly Mr Davy (or Davey) who ‘invented’ the block and was very wealthy. After he’d gone, I was told he was a member of the Peak Park Planning Board and had benefited a lot from Davy blocks being permissible for use in the Peak Park. I think they were cheap as Derbyshire Council used them for a lot of the council houses.
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We used to buy them from Smiths Runners at Holme Hall quarry in Bakewell many years ago, handily placed just round the corner from the Peak Park Planning Offices...... (no idea if Mr Davey worked for Smiths Runners at any time).
Much cheaper and quicker than coursed limestone to build with and as you mention, many council houses in Peak Park villages can be seen built with them.
Personally I'm not a fan but after about 20 years of weathering they look much better. A few firms have made them briefly since Smiths Runners stopped but I've no idea if anyone's still making them on a commercial scale today.
 

DaveBassettsgoneonholiday said:
We used to buy them from Smiths Runners at Holme Hall quarry in Bakewell many years ago, handily placed just round the corner from the Peak Park Planning Offices...... (no idea if Mr Davey worked for Smiths Runners at any time).
Much cheaper and quicker than coursed limestone to build with and as you mention, many council houses in Peak Park villages can be seen built with them.
Personally I'm not a fan but after about 20 years of weathering they look much better. A few firms have made them briefly since Smiths Runners stopped but I've no idea if anyone's still making them on a commercial scale today.
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This thread continues to amaze. You briefly ruminate on a 40 year old memory about bricks, and a few hours later I now know who invented them, what they were used for, how they became successful and where you could get them.

Thank you to BushBlade and DaveBassettsgoneonholiday and Nearly Jimmy Hagan for answering some long unanswered questions for me.
 
jim2007 said:
This thread continues to amaze. You briefly ruminate on a 40 year old memory about bricks, and a few hours later I now know who invented them, what they were used for, how they became successful and where you could get them.

Thank you to BushBlade and DaveBassettsgoneonholiday and Nearly Jimmy Hagan for answering some long unanswered questions for me.
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I'm a firm believer that all the knowledge in the world you could ever want* can be found on this forum.

*with the exception of a definitive kit release date.
 
Bladethebrian said:
Used to work on Archer Road in 1980 just before the bridge at the Abbeydale Road end. Used to walk there and back from Hunters Bar every day and never thought anything of it. Don’t think I’d make it past Nether Edge these days.
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Used to walk from Ringinglow to Woodseats every Saturday. Think I’d get as far as Fraser road now.
 
jim2007 said:
Walked past it being built on my way to and from school everyday. Hard to think it’s 40 years old. Memory’s a bit sketchy but wasn’t it built on an old brick yard? I have this idea that it was the place that made those odd bricks/blocks you see in houses of 50s/60s vintage around the Peak District that were 6 bits of limestone embeded in concrete. I’m pretty certain the wall that surrounded it was made of them, before Sainsbury’s got rid of it.

Irrelevant really but it’s stuck in my head and these photos nudged it to the surface.
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The blocks you refer to are Davey blocks. they were made at a factory in Bakewell situated to the east of the river Wye. the property I live in is constructed of Davey blocks. The factory no longer is in production, but the disused buildings are still standing.
 
Bert said:
That could well be the first photo Bert posted on this thread which has now disappeared.
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Got to say that’s a fitting first photo to a fantastic thread. You can’t beat a bit of floodlight porn and what a great view of the VIP/ press viewing area on top of the John Street. I attended my first match September ‘59 2-2 v Liverpool Shaw G on the score sheet with 2 pens.
When was that viewing area done away with? Can’t remember seeing it in the early sixties.
 
Summers & Pace said:
Got to say that’s a fitting first photo to a fantastic thread. You can’t beat a bit of floodlight porn and what a great view of the VIP/ press viewing area on top of the John Street. I attended my first match September ‘59 2-2 v Liverpool Shaw G on the score sheet with 2 pens.
When was that viewing area done away with? Can’t remember seeing it in the early sixties.
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When the John St stand roof was extended over the 'Terrace'. Sorry no date, memory says early 60's.
 

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